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Senator Tim Scott and RevOZ Commemorate Social Impact in Opportunity Zone Investing
First-Ever Social Impact Summit highlights Recent Progress on OZ Fund s $1B Social Impact Initiative
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On Thursday, June 3rd, RevOZ Capital celebrated progress on its $1B Social Impact Initiative through a series of events in Southern California.
U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina - the co-author of the original federal Opportunity Zone legislation - RevOZ Capital Managing Partner Lisa Merage and local leaders cut the ribbon on a new 11,375 square foot facility financed with RevOZ s Opportunity Zone capital. The facility will serve an estimated 400 - 900 families per year, advancing the JJP s mission to provide a comprehensive and effective continuum of adolescent behavioral health care for justice-involved youth, in or out of custody, who have mental illness.
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